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Interested in self-driving systems, but don't want to make your own R&D car? This British startup is selling kitted-out Renault Twizy cars with full drive-by-wire capabilities, plus cameras, sensors and an open-source software platform for autonomous car research. We spoke to founder Mark Preston.
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New research is suggesting intermittent fasting diets may actually damage the pancreas and increase a person’s risk for type 2 diabetes. The research stands in opposition to many studies pointing to the positive health effects of fasting and experts suggest this data be treated with caution.
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Ahead of a major United Nations meeting to address the growing issues surrounding lethal autonomous weapons, a team of leading AI and robotics researchers has called for a boycott of a South Korean university that recently announced the opening of an AI weapons lab.
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This device could be what millions of people worldwide have been waiting for – an effective treatment for tinnitus. Human trials have shown precisely timed sounds and weak electrical pulses delivered by the device can reduce or even eliminate that ringing in your ears.
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ScienceOne of the biggest problems to rear its head in recent years has been the trend towards certain trial results going unpublished. A new format of journal article hopes to tackle the problem and BMC Medicine, one of the top medical journals has already signed on to work with the new model.
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ScienceOne journalist set out to test the credibility of several "predatory journals" by writing a fictional research paper inspired by the science of Star Wars. Four journals fell for the joke and published the clearly absurd paper.
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Forget about expensive obstacle avoidance systems, a team of researchers has built a prototype drone with a rubbery, flexible frame that deforms harmlessly in a crash, then snaps itself back into shape ready to fly again in an instant.
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ScienceWe've seen before how Google is experimenting with its RAISR algorithm to add detail and sharpness to images, but a new paper from a team of Google Brain researchers shows how machine learning might take things to a whole new level.
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Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that can analyze the medical test results of patients with a heart disorder and accurately predict their lifespan over the following years.
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Autonomous cars aren't the only vehicles being freed from the shackles of human control. In what is billed as the world's first research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas, autonomous boats will soon be deployed in the winding canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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ScienceA new model attempts to explain the higher violent crime rates seen in parts of the world near the equator with hotter climates.
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Researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology have captured some stunning images of lightning at 7,000 frames per second while testing a new high-speed camera.
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